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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 21, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE THE REVISED ORANGE <br />COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA <br />AGREEMENT ON INTER - <br />JURISDICTIONAL COORDINATION <br />DURING EMERGENCIES AND ADOPT <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE <br />OPERATIONAL AREA AGREEMENT <br />WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 1"Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on god Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />[K•]►nl►ingiC. <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve the 2020 Orange County Operational Area Agreement between the County of <br />Orange and political subdivisions within Orange County. <br />2. Adopt a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute the Orange County Operational Area <br />Agreement with the County of Orange, subject to non -substantive changes approved by <br />the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />California Senate Bill 1841, passed in 1993, established the Standardized Emergency <br />Management System (SEMS) to improve coordination of state and local emergency response <br />during disasters. The law provided that all local governments must adhere to SEMS in <br />responding to emergencies involving multiple jurisdictions or agencies in order to be eligible for <br />state reimbursement of response -related costs. SEMS regulations further established the <br />Operational Area as the intermediate level of the State's emergency organization, with each <br />County organizing into an Operational Area consisting of all political subdivisions within the <br />County. Each Operational Area is led by its respective County government. <br />The Operational Area agreement formally organizes the County of Orange and its political <br />subdivisions as the Orange County Operational Area for purposes of emergency management <br />coordination, as required by SEMS. First approved in 1995, the document lays out a framework <br />for inter -jurisdictional cooperation as well as responsibilities of the County of Orange and its <br />individual subdivisions. This document was reviewed and approved by the County of Orange and <br />100+ political subdivisions that make up the Orange County Operational Area, including the City <br />of Santa Ana by City Council Resolution 98-070 on October 5, 1998. <br />55B-1 <br />